Beijing's forward-deployed fortress in the South China Sea;
Indonesia's agreement with Beijing muddies the waters;
U.S.-deployed task force in the Philippines revealed;
Taiwan remains an outsider in Pacific trade agreement
Jakarta walks fine line with military exercises...;
...While Laos doubles down on cooperation with Beijing;
Australia, Pacific Islands respond to China's police presence;
Tokyo takes steps to shore up territorial control;
Manila takes a stand
PMG balances China and Australia;
Market risk boosts southeast Asia as semiconductor hub;
Washington seeks improved relations with Bangladesh;
U.S. turns to Asian allies for ship-building capacity;
China exports surveillance tech to Myanmar
Winning the New Space Race: Advice for the Next Administration
Charting a Path Forward with China
Toward A More Competitive Posture in the “Global South”
Africa Matters, and the Next President Can't Afford to Ignore It
Trans-Atlantic Relations: A Primer for Our New President
Re-Engaging in the Middle East
During the vice presidential debate between Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), viewers in the People’s Republic of China experienced a broadcast interruption. When the CBS moderators asked Gov. Walz about discrepancies regarding his story of being in China during the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, the video feed throughout China cut to an error screen. This “error” was, of course, the latest instance of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censors silencing speech about sensitive topics within China.